How Much Does Scaffold Tower Hire Cost in London?

How much does scaffold tower hire cost in London?

Aluminium scaffold towers are hired by the week. The rate is set mainly by how high you need to reach and whether you need a narrow single-width tower or a roomier twin-width one. Here is where each of our towers starts, per week:

All prices exclude VAT and are weekly starting rates. The price climbs with working height — the tallest configurations reach around £276 (single-width) and £343 (twin-width) per week. Rates were correct at the time of writing; pick your height on the product page for the exact price.

What drives the price

Three things move a tower hire up or down:

• Working height. The biggest factor. A 3–4m tower for gutters and fascias costs far less than a 10m+ tower for a full elevation. Our towers span working heights from around 2.6m up to about 12.2m.
• Single-width vs twin-width. A narrow single-width tower fits tight access and is cheapest to start; a twin-width tower gives a larger, steadier platform for two people or materials, and costs more at height.
• How long you keep it. Hire is weekly, so a job that spills into a second week doubles that part of the cost. Plan the work and book the weeks you need.

If you’re not sure which height or type fits your job, our guide on which scaffold tower you need explains how to measure working height and pick the right tower. If you’re weighing a tower against a ladder or full scaffold, see ladder, tower or scaffold.

What’s included in the rate

The weekly price is for a complete, ready-to-build EN 1004 aluminium tower — frames, platforms, guardrails, toe-boards and stabilisers to suit the height, not a bare frame you have to make up. Most of our towers are designed to be built by one person using a safe through-the-trap method. Towers are a genuinely safer and more stable choice than a ladder for anything beyond very brief, light work, and should always be built, used and inspected in line with the Work at Height Regulations and PASMA good practice. This is general guidance — your own risk assessment decides what the job needs.

Delivery, deposit and ID

Delivery and collection across London is £35 in total from our UB6 depot — both trips, one price. If you can transport a tower yourself, Click & Collect from the depot costs nothing. A £100 refundable deposit applies and is returned once the tower comes back complete and undamaged, and we ask for ID on hire. We keep delivery and deposit visible up front rather than hiding them in the headline rate.

How to hire a scaffold tower for less

• Right-size the height. Don’t hire a 10m tower for a job that needs 4m — the shorter tower is cheaper and quicker to move and build.
• Pick single-width if access is tight. Only pay for a twin-width platform if you genuinely need the space or the reach.
• Book the weeks you’ll actually use. Have the job ready so the tower isn’t sitting idle on a second week’s hire.
• Collect from the depot if you can. Free Click & Collect from UB6 saves the £35 delivery charge.
• Doing repeat access work? Our scaffold tower range and the hire-vs-buy maths can help you decide whether to keep hiring.

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